Aventure Malgache

1944 · directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Rating
53/100
Hit
no

Backstage before a performance, a French actor recalls his time in Madagascar during World War II, when he secretly ran a Resistance radio station under the watch of a collaborationist police chief. His story unfolds in flashback, revealing espionage, deception, and divided loyalties within the French ranks. Made for Britain’s Ministry of Information, this 1944 French-language propaganda short satirizes Vichy opportunism and wartime hypocrisy, and was shelved for decades before its release in 1993.

Aventure Malgache (1944), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, rates 53/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Paul Bonifas
  • Paul Clarus
  • Jean Dattas
  • Andre Frere
  • Guy Le Feuvre
  • Paulette Preney

Crew

  • Günther Krampf — Director of Photography
  • Benjamin Frankel — Original Music Composer
  • Angus MacPhail — Writer

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  2. North by Northwest (1959) — 99/100 · hit
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  5. Rebecca (1940) — 89/100 · hit
  6. Notorious (1946) — 86/100 · hit

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